Sudan have lost top spot in its 2014 World Cup qualifying group after sport’s highest court stripped a victory against Zambia for fielding an ineligible player.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says it rejected the Sudanese Football Association’s appeal against a FIFA ruling to award Zambia a 3-0 win by default.
CAS says Sudanese officials “couldn’t not be aware of the fact that” Saif Ali was suspended and ineligible to face Zambia last June.
Ali scored in Sudan’s 2-0 win in Khartoum, four months after being sent off when the same teams played an African Cup of Nations quarterfinal.
The court’s ruling puts Zambia top with six points from two matches, three ahead of Ghana. Sudan falls to third with one point. Lesotho also has one point.
Ghana, now second on the log with three points, will need to win its two-legged ties with Sudan and an away match to Lesotho. Ghana could be fancied to beat Lesotho away and Sudan at home.
However, beating Sudan at its home is a herculean task.
The decider appears to be the Zambia –Ghana clash to be hosted by Ghana.
Chipolopolo has the luxury of drawing this game or even losing it, provided Ghana stumbles away to Sudan or Lesotho and that’s assuming Zambia maintains a 100% record.
Source: MTNFootball.com
Kipolopolo Iyeeee, Hipolopolo Iyeeee, Sipolopolo Iyeeeee
Hikolopelo iyeee, fikolopelo iyeeee
Very funny, buddy, ki ki ki ki ki
Go chipolopolo go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is unacceptable , zambia doesnt deserve those points , posterity will judge them against lesotho
YOU ARE AN assshole,go to Sudan,we did not commit their mistake,dont blame the players,blame the game.Zambia did not and have never drafted FIFA rules,we just found them and obey the same.Do you even know Diramba?Pay back time
Are a zambian or Sudanes or Ghanian. You should be happy that lucky is on the side of zambia. For your infor Football is a game or chance and lucky. Good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Meant to say, “Are you a Zambian or Sudanes or Ghanian?”
Also, “Footbal is a game of chance and lucky”
This is a game and it has rules very strict rules. So Chipolopolo deserves the points because they followed the rules
Awesome !!!! One mans meat is another mans poison.
Zambia should just win its games instead of relying on technicalities and mathematical probabilities of this team losing, us drawing and this that and the other.
How about Tribal leadership???
Rule are Rules. Ethopia no matter how poor you are, you need to find another player. No execuse for the poor ethopians…
Iwe kamalinso, Rules are rules waumfwa. Kabiye Kusudani nga chakukalipa
Sudan only have themselves to blame as there is no excuse for ignorance…rules are rules!!
Very tulu my broder
Let’s just win our games. And let Ghana deal with their challenges.
No comment mama, ekondebomba.
U will be beaten clean by lesotho and your loud mouths kept shut, u are so much used with bola yamalilisho, even in AFCON ati eh ,,zambia qualifies cos. nigeria used a suspended player..woooooo…ishuka yamunobe tabendelamo….mukazimvelakp nsoni. PERFORM , Period!!!!!
Thank God, now Sudan will not accept the PF youths. Zambia & Sudan will never friends again. But which Sudan is this, one with whitesh people or one with the darkest Africans?
Umubembe Chipolopolo, Umutonga Hipolopolo, UmuLozi Sipolopolo, Kaonde Kipolopolo, Umutumbuka CHI po lo po lo Bonse tuli ma Zambians. Viva Chipolopolo
If the same fair rules could be applied in Zambian politics. What a wonderful country that politicians want to destroy.
You cannot win if team roles are not defined for both the opposition and the ruling party
Go Shipolopolo
Mistake ya nkalamu ni mwai wa chimbwi….GO Zambia world cup yanunkila!!
Have we gone back in time?
I read this on Tumfweko ages ago